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Vermont (5-3) will try sweep its three-game road trip in the Washington D.C. area at George Mason (4-5) on Monday (Dec. 3). The opening tip is set for 7 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets at Tickets.GoMason.com.
 
TELEVISION AND RADIO COVERAGE
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can access ESPN+ with a seven-day free trial, followed by a subscription fee of $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with the ability to cancel at any time. Fans can also listen to the contest on 101.3 The Game and 1013TheGame.com with Jake Marsh on the call.
 
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ROAD TRIP RECAP
Vermont is 2-0 on its current three-game road trip to the nation's capital. As a team, the Cats have shot 46.0% (46-for-100) from the field and 46.8% (22-for-47) from three-point land. The Green and Gold have also outscored their opponents 65-53 in the first half. Ernie Duncan has averaged a team-best 18.0 points per game and has shot 61.5% (8-for-13) from long range. Anthony Lamb trails with a 14.0 scoring average and has pulled down 7.5 rebounds per game. Isaiah Moll is the third UVM player to post double figures at 12.5. The freshman ranks second on the team behind Duncan with a 50.0% (8-for-16) field goal percentage.
 
20-POINT FRESHMEN
With Moll's 20-point effort at Towson on Friday, a Vermont freshman has scored at least 20 points in a game for five straight years. Stef Smith netted 20 points against Marquette last season and Anthony Lamb recorded eight 20-point outings during his rookie season in 2016-17. Duncan posted 23 points at America East rival UAlbany during the 2015-16 campaign and former Cat Trae Bell-Haynes '18 tallied 21 points against New Hampshire in 2014-15.
 
CATS AT THE CHARITY STRIPE
The Cats have made 79.7% of their attempts at the foul line this season, the seventh-best average in the country. UVM trails Incarnate Word (82.1%), Hofstra (81.2%), Utah State (80.6%), Northeastern (80.5%), Charlotte (80.2%), and Mississippi State (79.8%).
 
DOWNTOWN DUNCAN
Duncan buried a season-high six three-pointers in Friday night's 70-64 win a Towson, one shy of his career-high. The redshirt senior has drained at least six long-distance attempts four times during his UVM career. Since 2015-16, the Catamounts are 14-6 when Duncan makes at least four triples.
 
SCOUTING GEORGE MASON
George Mason was selected to finish fourth in this year's Atlantic 10 Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Patriots have won four of its last six games and lead the A-10 with 667 total points this season. George Mason sits third in the league with a 47.4% team field-goal percentage. The Patriots have five players averaging double figures through the first nine games. Otis Livingston II has posted a team-best 12.9 scoring average this season. In the last three games, the junior guard has averaged 22.0 points and 6.0 assists per game. Justin Kier follows with 11.3 points per game and owns the third-best rebounding average (4.0 rpg) on the team. Javon Greene has added 10.9 points per game, the third-best mark for the Patriots. In his last two games, Greene has nearly averaged a double-double with 12.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Monday's road trip finale will be the third meeting between the two programs and first since November of 2008. In the 2008 contest, UVM was 0.7 seconds away from an overtime victory but fell 80-79 after Mason's Darryl Monroe knocked down two free throws to win the game at Patrick Gym. One year prior, George Mason used a 16-8 run over the final 7:30 of the contest to defeat Vermont 60-53 in the season opener.
 
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